Closer than I thought. The commentary sometimes fools you somewhat, everyone should admit that.

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It really wasn't that close.

Fight metric doesn't tell all. Diego landed no real significant strikes, where pearson landed some nasty shots in all 3 rounds, was the aggressor and did far more damage. Diego's little spurts of aggression at the end of the round don't mean ish.

Everyone should admit the commentary was actually spot on for once and good for Ken-flo for calling that bullshittt decision out.

They were because Florian always disses Diego, he still holds a grudge from the TUF 1 finals. His best compliment to Diego is that he is crazy.
The commentary does influence people even though Ross may have had the edge, Florian made it seem much worse.
They both rocked each other in round 1, Diego had the cleaner strikes there though and landed some nice kicks to the body. Round 2 was clearly Ross' after the knockdown. Round 3 wasn't much of anything, Diego started stronger, Ross finished stronger and had the three most visible strikes.